Tag: child mortality rate

New UN data show drop in child mortality rate

The United Nations recently released new data that showed that there had been fewer deaths of children under the age of five since 1990, but this still fell short of meeting global child death reduction targets for 2015. The data released by the UN showed that “under-five mortality rates have dropped by 49% between 1990 and 2013.” “The average annual reduction has accelerated – in some countries it has even tripled – but overall progress […]